Hekla, Ancient Gateway to Hell

This film is about one fo the eruptions of the well-known volcano, Hekla, in Southern Iceland. Usually the damage caused by Hekla is in the form of ashfall which ruins farmland and causes poisoning of animals. In some of the bigger eruptions, even farmlands in central Europe were affected by ash from Hekla. The eruption in this film occurred in 1970 and lasted a few weeks.

• Þrándur ThoroddsenDirector · Screenplay · Director of Photography · Editor
• Jón HermannssonScreenplay

Release date

January 1, 1973

Status

Released

Original language

Icelandic

Runtime

25m

Genres

Documentary